The SIPR Annual Conference, “Policing: research into policy and practice,” was sponsored by BT and held on 12 September 2007, at the South Hall Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh.

A Book of Abstracts and Biographies (pdf file [161 Kb]) is available to download. This includes Abstracts for all the Platform Presentations shown below, together with Abstracts for the Poster Presentations.

Please follow these links for Podcasts of the Opening Session and PowerPoint presentations / Transcripts for the Platform Presentations as available:

Opening Session

• Welcome, Professor Nicholas Fyfe, Director of SIPR
  Podcast [3.76 Mb]
• Colin McKerracher, President, ACPOS
  Podcast [14.5 Mb]
• Bridget Campbell, Director, Police and Community Safety, Scottish Executive
  Podcast [8.64 Mb]
• Leadership from Bottom to Top: Chicago’s Model for Community Policing Professor Wesley SkoganPodcast of talk [42.0 Mb]
  Podcast of Q and A Session [11.5 Mb]
  PowerPoint [948 Kb]

Police-Community Relations

• Surveillance from all angles? Some observations and comments
  Alex Hirschfield, University of Huddersfield
  PowerPoint [4.52 Mb]
• Evaluation of the impact and implementation of Community Wardens
  Keith Hayton / Vincent Percy, GEN Consulting
  PowerPoint [2.49 Mb]
• Minority group members’ understandings of inter-group contact encounters
  Nick Hopkins, University of Dundee
  PowerPoint [41 Kb]
• Police and communities
  Neil Richardson, Lothian and Borders Police
  PowerPoint [23.1 Mb]

Evidence & Investigation

• The development of investigative practice
  Peter Stelfox, National Policing Improvement Agency
  PowerPoint [215 Kb]
• Scientific aspects of Cold Case reviews
  Ian Hamilton, SPSA.
  PowerPoint [427 Kb]
• International Investigation Case Study: The Kriss Donald Murder
  Please contact Elliot McKenzie, Strathclyde Police, for further information.

Police Organization

• Learning from performance?
  Steve Ritchie, Grampian Police & Bramshill Fellow at RGU
  PowerPoint [3.29 Mb]
• The role of Audit Scotland in monitoring police performance
  Miranda Alcock, Audit Scotland
  PowerPoint [420 Kb]
• Serious organized crime in Scotland
  Please contact Joseph McGallagly, Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow, for further information.
• Municipal Policing in Scotland Daniel Donnelly, Scottish Centre for Police Studies Transcript pdf [32 Kb]

Sponsored By: We are pleased to acknowledge the generous support of the Major Sponsors of the Conference, BT.

Peter Wilson, CC Fife Constabulary; Nick Fyfe; Wesley Skogan.

Colin McKerracher, President ACPOS and Professor Nick Fyfe, Director SIPR, sign the Memorandum of Understanding between SIPR and ACPOS.

Police-Community Relations Session, Kirkland Hall.

Evidence and Investigation Session, Abden House.

Speakers, Police Organisation Session, South Hall.